Well, it's good to know someone is at least working on it. Thanks for your ongoing effort, it's very much appreciated. Any idea approximately how far off the project is from a usable beta? I mean, are we talking years, months, or weeks?

... Any idea approximately how far off the project is from a usable beta? I mean, are we talking years, months, or weeks?

These guys volunteer their hard work & time and we are all very thankful of what we get and when we get it. There are no time frames or estimates on any project completions, if you follow along in rockbox you can get a better understanding …

These guys volunteer their hard work & time and we are all very thankful of what we get and when we get it. There are no time frames or estimates on any project completions, if you follow along in rockbox you can get a better understanding …

Oh, absolutely, which is why I started off my post by thanking them for their hard work. I'm very grateful. I'm also very up on the Rockbox project, and I do read the Rockbox forum, but there's very little info there on the Fuze V2 progress. Since one of the developers spoke up about it in this thread, all I was asking was whether he had an idea as to a very rough beta estimate, as in "years" vs. "weeks". Not trying to pressure anyone or be rude at all.

These guys volunteer their hard work & time and we are all very thankful of what we get and when we get it. There are no time frames or estimates on any project completions, if you follow along in rockbox you can get a better understanding …

{cranky old fart climbs up onto two-sided soapbox}

Okeydoke, I now issue a bifurcated happyrant

To the folks in the peanut gallery -- KEEP reminding yourself that Rockbox is NOT a commercial product -- the developers are NOT employees, and are ONLY doing their (very difficult) work -- for free -- for the enjoyment it returns. And, NAGGING them only serves to REDUCE the enjoyment factor! They are altruistic, giving you FOR FREE a package that I doubt any of us could afford if we were to commission a for-pay dev team to create from scratch. In short, be patient, and be grateful!

To the Rockbox developers -- I know these guys seem like "hungry baby birds in the nest" (heads aimed UP, beaks wide open, voices SCREAMING "feed ME! feed ME! Feed me NOW!") -- but, try to keep in mind that in reality, it's LOVE for the amazing code you create, and I suspect there are VERY few who don't have a LOT of gratitude for the work you freely share with them.

{tired old fart climbs down from the two-sided soapbox and quickly gets lost in the crowd}

To recover after patching, simply keep power button pressed for 20 seconds, then hold the left button, press power to turn it on normally, plug on USB and unzip the unmodified Original Firmware (link is in the rockbox thread)

Like kugel said buttons do not work and screen brightness is very very poor so do not expect to play with rockbox yet (but soon I hope )

This is great news! I love hearing a break through like this. With the v1 clip now much more stable then ever before and the v2 clips now more usable and seeing now the v2 Fuze where it's at now just makes me all giddy. Thanks funman for the update.

yeah, I'm pretty stoked about this: I just cannot stand using my Fuze V2 - interface is rubbish, controls are shards of trash, and the low level hiss, usually not that annoying, is compounded because of rubbish, rubbish GUI system, lack of gapless, and shoddy file system support.

[QUOTE=shigzeo;456652] I just cannot stand using my Fuze V2 - interface is rubbish, controls are shards of trash, and the low level hiss, usually not that annoying, is compounded because of rubbish, rubbish GUI system, lack of gapless, and shoddy file system support.

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Mind you, I would Rockbox as well, but...in the meantime, might I suggest you get a good set of headphones, kick back and listen to the nice sounds that come from the Fuze 2?